Canopy for bicycles



(No Model.)

. J. REID.

CANOPY FOR BIGYGLES.

No. 557,605. Patented Apr. '7, 1896.

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JENNIE REID, OF POND CREEK STATION, INDIAN TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OFTYO-TIIIRDS TO MARY C. LAMB AND KATE IS. CLARK, OF \VICIIITA,

KASAS.

CANOPY FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,605, dated April'7, 1896.

Application tiled July 20, 1894.

To @ZZ whom t may con-cern:

Be it known that I, JENNIE REID, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pond Creek Station, Jefferson, Indian Territory,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canopy-Tops forBicycles, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadvtherein to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencethereon, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aperspective elevation of the canopy structure attached to a bicycle;Fig. 2, a detailed front view of the canopy-stand ard, having the upperand lower portions broken away; Fig. 3, a horizontal cross-section ofFig. 2 on a line immediately above the box E thereof, looking down uponsaid box; Fig. l, a detailed top view of the canopy-top, having thefabric covering removed therew from and showing the arms thereof folded.Fig. 5 is a side view of the same, made to a larger scale than Fig. i;Fig. t3, a vertical longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 7, a detailedside View of the upper portion of the canopy-standard and canopy-holdingarm and brace thereof; Fig. 8, a detailed side view of said brace, andFig. 9 a detailed top view of one of the clamps for attaching the canopystandard to a bicycle.

This invention relates to certain improvements in canopy-tops forbicycles; and it consists in certain novel structural features and inthe particular arrangement and manner of adjusting the parts comprisingthe canopytop support, which improvements are fully set forth andexplain ed in the following speciiication and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the casing or bearing of thebicycle turning-post. and a represent clamp-arms, each made with atwo-part clamping-box adapted to be clamped to said casing A, one part,y, of said box being hinged to its fellow part, as shown at Ay', Fig. D,and said fellow part being provided opposite the said hinge with theside extending ear d, having hinged thereto a screw-shank d, arranged tobe placed through a hole of lug of part y when said part is closed andprovided with a thumb-nut d turn ed on Serial No. 518,162. (No model.)

said screw-shank and against said part y, and when turned up hard bindssaid box parts together firmlyabout the bicycle-casing A. Fixed in boresof the outer end of said arms e is a section D of the canopy-standard,which section has fixed to its upper end the laterally-elongated box E.D is a second section of said standard and is made with a fiat-tenedsection Gr at its lower end, placed through box E and pivoted at itsterminal by means of a stud s to a bearing s of section D, andterminates at its upper end in a one-half part of a radially-serratedfaced joint m. Said section has pivotally attached to its front side aspring latch-lever L, which leverterminates at its lower end with arearwardlyextending portion adapted to register in faceholes o of box Eand is adapted to and for the purpose of holding said section Dadjustably in box E, either in a vertical position or a side-inclinedposition, as represented by full and dotted lines in Fig. D2 representsa third section of said standard and terminates at its lower end in aone-half part of a joint corresponding with that (shown at on) of partor section D, and m is a thumb-screw placed through one of said jointparts and turned into the other partfor the purpose of adjustablyholding said joint parts, and hence the standard section parts,together, and the purpose of said joint m is to make it possible toincline section D2 either forward or rearward, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. l, and also so said section D2 with its attached parts maybe folded down when the canopy-top is not desired to be held upright inservice, and D3 is a fourth and upper section of said standard, beingtelescoped at its lower end with section DE, so it may be adjustedvertically, where it is held by means of a screw, (represented at 'tu inFig. l.) Connected to the upper end of said section D by means of ajoint Y and screw I", similar to that shown at m m', is arearwardly-extending arm a connected with an adjustable arm-section b atits end by means of a second joint e and screw e', and fixed both to theupper and under side of said arm l) by means of bolts I is a plate H,which plates are provided with a series of corresponding marginal holesinto which IOO the canopy-top arms P and P are placed, as represented inFigs. 4, 5, and 6, which arms are provided with a brace portion P,asshown particularly in Fig. 6, and said arms being thus placed areadapted to be extended radially and give support to a fabric material c,forming the canopy top or shade, or be folded together with said fabricswhen not in service; also, by means of the joint e, the top c may beadjusted to a vertical position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 7,so as to serve as a sail to assist in propelling the bicycle to which itis attached.

B is a brace for giving strength to arm 60 and is pivotally attached atits lower end to standard-section D3 and detachably held at its upperend in an under cross-hollow a' of arm a by means of the spring-arm a,as represented in Fig. 7.

When the device is in service, the bicyclerider may adj ust thestandard-sections to raise or lower, or incline in either direction,forward. backward, or sidewise, the top c, as may be desired, toaccommodate his or her height above the bicycle-seat or give propershade. When it is not desired for service, the brace B may be unlatchedfrom springarm a and permitted to fall at the side of the standard, thetop c folded and likewise per mitted to fall by adjusting` joint V, and,further, all of said parts thus lowered, above joint m of the standard,may be turned down at the side of standard-sections D and D by adjustingjoint m, when all said parts may be bound together and convenientlycarried by the rider.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. In a bicyclecanopy, the supportingstandard, made in sections, each ofwhich is adjustable with relation to the other; the shade, adjustablypivoted to said standard; a supporting-rod, pivotally attached to thestandard and detachably connected with said shade and means whereby saidstandard is attached to the fork of the bicycle.

2. In a bicycle-canopy, a removable and folding supporting-standardcomprising the lower section D, means for securing said section to thebicycle-frame in which the said section is removably sleeved, a sectionD' pivoted to the section D and means whereby said section may besecured in a position inclined to the vertical, a section D2 adjustablypivoted to the last-named section and means whereby this section may besecured in a position inclined to the vertical, the section D3adjustably sleeved to the section D2 and means whereby said section D3may be secured in different vertical positions, a shadesupporting armadj ustably pivoted to the section D3 and means whereby said arm may besecured in different vertical positions, the construction andarrangement being such that the shade may be held in any desiredposition and the whole supporting-standard removed and compactly foldedwhen not required, substantially as described.

JENNIE REID. Vitnesses:

M. A. CLARK, WM. J. HUTcHINs.

